Ali Boçnak, a 76-year-old ill prisoner who was arrested after being detained in the political genocide operation in Kars in 2009 and was sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in prison, lost his life. The sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2013.

It was learned that Boçnak will be buried in his hometown, Kars.

Boçnak, who has been held in Ağrı Patnos L-Type Closed Prison since 2017, was on the list of ill prisoners compiled by the Human Rights Association (IHD). Boçnak had many diseases besides kidney failure.